Hair curler



Aug. 20, 1940.

HAIR CURLER J. L. STEVENS 2,211,991

Filed Sept. 5, 1939 INVENTOR. v JOHN L. STEVENS BY-V a9. i s M1535.

Patented Aug. 20, 1940 UNIE STATES PATENT. QFHCE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improvement in hair curling devices of the type Where the curler is intended to remain in position for a considerable period of time. It is a substitute or improvement on the old fashioned curl paper.

It is comprised of a cylinder upon which the curl is wound, which is so constructed that it can be locked to the. curl by means of curl locks, and yet has means of being withdrawn without disturbing the locks. I obtain this result by the device commonly known as telescoping the curling cylinder into a slightly larger cylinder, upon which the locks are secured and upon which also the clamp to secure the end of the wisp of hair to be curled is also secured.

In the types of curlers commonly in use it is difiicult to slide the curl off the cylinder without disarranging the curl, and especially where the clamp for starting the Winding of the curl is secured to the winding cylinder, it is difficult to withdraw the curler without pulling the end of the curl up, so that a curl frequently resembles a rattlesnake which is coiled with the head standing up straight out of the center of the curl.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing like numerals refer to like parts throughout the same.

Fig. 1. Front elevation of device.

Fig. 2. Longitudinal cross-section of device.

Fig. 3. Fragmental section, showing cylinder 1, telescoped into cylinder 8.

Fig. 4. Enlarged top View of device. I

Fig. 5. Enlarged bottom view of device without handle.

The cylinder 1 is constructed to withdraw into cylinder 8, or to be elongated into an extended position with it as shown in Figure 2. The said cylinders are so constructed that one will fit snugly into the other. Cylinder I is secured at the bottom of its exterior by the contractile, spiral spring 12 to the interior of cylinderB at the bottom, in such a manner that the tension of the spring, if the cylinder 1 is released, it will telescope entirely into the interior of cylinder 8, which said position is shown in Figure 3. In its extended position it is shown in Figures 2 and 3.

In the operation of the device the cylinder 1 is pulled out from the contracted position shown in Fig. 3 to the extended position shown in Fig. 2, by hand against the contractile pull of spiral spring l2. When the extended position of the two cylinders in relation to each other has been reached as shown in Figure 3', the trigger 11 operates in the following manner to lock the two cylinders in the said position shown by Figure 3, and against the contractile pull of spring I 2. There is a hole in cylinder 8, through which look 23, which is a right-angle extension of trigger I I, will be pressed by trigger spring 20. The said trigger II, is composed of a right-angled bar of which the handle I9 is on one side of the pin 2| and the right-angle lock 23 is on the other side of the pin. The spring 20 keeps the handle l9 pressed away from the side of cylinder 8, and at the same time keeps the lock 23 pressing through the hole 2 2 and when the cylinder 1 has been drawn out to the position shown in Figure 2, the lock of said trigger H, passes through the hole 22 and under the bottom of cylinder 1 to lock it in the said extended position, against the pull of spring l2.

The two cylinders having been locked into the extended position, just above described,by pulling them apart until the lock of the trigger was under the bottom of cylinder 1, the hair locks ill-l are opened to the positions shown by the dotted lines to the points marked l8-|8. The handle 6 is then attached to the bottom of cylinder 8 by the tacks l-I5 being inserted in the holes iii-l6. The operator then clamps the end of a wisp of hair in the space I 3, between clamp 9 and the side of cylinder 1; he then turns the device to wind a curl in the space M, which is around the outside of cylinder I and clamp 9; when the curl has been all wound up the operator closes the hair clamps Ill-l0 to the position shown in Figure 1. He then removes the handle 6 and allows the curl to stay on the head for several hours in the curling device, which is intended to take the place of the old fashioned curl papers. This device is a substitute for the old time curl papers, and it would require a curler for each curl, just as the old time curl papers required a paper for each curl. This device is not intended to perform any of the functions of a hot curling iron, which curls a wisp of hair, and then is disengaged in a few seconds. When it is desired to remove the device from the curl, the handle IQ of the trigger is pressed towards the side of cylinder 8, against the pressure of spring 20, and by the action of pin 2| the lock 23 is withdrawn from under the bottom of cylinder 1, and thereupon the spring l2 withdraws the cylinder 1 into the position shown in Fig. 3 the curl is prevented from being disarranged by the hair locks Ill-l0, which are then pulled back through the are shown by the dotted lines to the positions shown by the numerals I8l8, and nothing remains in the curl except the straight clamp 9. The cylinder 1 on which the curl was wound has been withdrawn, from the interior of the curl and the hair locks I ll-l 0 on the outer circle of the curl have been turned back, and the clamp 9 is nothing but a straight rod which is either fiat or round, and which can be withdrawn without in any manner disarranging the curl.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a device as described, a hair curler comprising the combination of a male cylinder, which telescopes into a female cylinder by means of a spiral spring with means for elongating the male cylinder beyond the neck of the female cylinder and locking the two cylinders in such elongated position by means of a lock trigger device which passes under the male cylinder through a hole in the female cylinder, and is held in position by a spring, a handle on the trigger and means to withdraw the lock of the trigger from under the male cylinder to release it, a removable handle for the device, a clamp rigidly attached to the female cylinder and extending substantially parallel to the same to secure a wisp of hair to the male cylinder extended, hair locks to lock the curl on the male cylinder, and means to open said locks, means to release the trigger lock so that the male cylinder may be withdrawn into the female cylinder leaving the curl without any internal support, all substantially as described.

JOHN L. STEVENS. 

